The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-11-04

A vRsIenf traan on the Midland railroad
was derailed near Florissant Col, the other
morning BY . broken rail Fireman Tor
bett, Of Leadville, and Brakeman Dave
Kelly were caught beneath the engine.
Their heads were crushed to jelly. En-
| gineer Walter Meyer was perhaps fatally
injured.
FIVE thousand Grand Army men Of Ohio.
Indiana and Kentucky paraded in Cincin-
natl on the 9th.
| The Michigan Salt Association, which
controls the market west Of Cleveland to
the Rocky mountains, will stop the manu-.
| facture Of salt from December to April
to reduce the large surplus now on the
market.
| The sale Of the Northwestern Manufsc-
| turing and Car Company's property at the
court house in Saltwater, MIMI, resulted
| in the purchase Of the works by the Min
nesota Thresher Company, upon the Sabin
place, for 81, 1O5, OOO7a The Porter party,
the only other bidder, dropped out after
bidding 81, 10000.
The J. L. Regan Printing Company. one
OF the largest in Chicago. has been closed
on attachments for s6o,617. The liabilities
were estimated at sl25. OoO and the assets at
$3.50, 900.
EIGHT Of the convicts in the peniteutiary
| at Yuma, Arlz, attempted TO escape on the
eth. Three Of the prisoners were killed
and three wounded. A life convict named
Riggs saved the life of Superintendent
Gales by taking a pistol away from one Of
the prisoners and killing the superintend-
ent's assailant.
The saloon of Peter Camp, at Russiaville,
Ind, was blown up by dynamite the other
morning. The building and contents were
| completely wrecked, as well as the livery
stable adjoining, in which man who slept
there was badly injured.
LIMA GIEssERT, aged twenty-six years,
the maniac daughter OF John Giessert, q
well-knowu Milwaukee saloon-keeper.
| eluded her keeper recently, and. after
saturating her clothing with kerosene oil,
set fire to her person. She was fatally
burned.
SOME miscreants placed pole across the
track Of the Rock Island near Minooka,
ILL.,, the other morning by which q freight
train was wrecked and the engineer and
fireman were killed, the head brakeman
being fatally injured. The object, 1t was
thought, was to wreck and rob the passen-
ger train which was due at the time, but,
happily, had been delayed.
AN explosion took place recently at the
japanning works of l. N. Topliff, Cicve-
land, O., causing the death of a Bohemian
and the serious injury of two other work
men.
The boilers at Holden's fire brick works.
Mineral Point, O., exploded recently, fatal
ly wounding three men and boy.
THE water famine that has prevailed
throughout the two western tiers Of Ohio
HA1, Na~ al Tn,
diana is growing serious. Cattle are suf-
fering and believing for drink, wells are
dry and the low stage of water is breeding
typhoid fever and kindred diseases.
By a collision between two sections of q
freight train near Dixon, Ill, recently ten
cars were wrecked and burned and one
man hurt.
A FREIGHT train was wrecked in q deep
cut near Freeport, ILL.,, the other day by q
broken brakebeam, and $4,000 damage
done. The track was torn up and the cut
filled with debris.
The body of a murdered man was found
in a carriage recently unpacked at Chicago.
The body proved to be that of Barney
Haran, Of Rochester, Pa
THE SOUTH.
NEGROES who had been holding ban
quet near Newberry, S. c., the other night
attacked two policemen and a fierce fight
ensued. One of the officers was badly
beaten and a negro killed and others
wounded.
1t was reported at Laredo, Tex, recently
that a wealthy old ranchman had been car
ried of by bandits in Encinal County and
kept under strong guard near the Rio
Grande.
GEORGE Morrow, of Warren, Tex, was
caught in the machinery of Thomas Will
liams' cotton gin the other day, and his
| left arm torn off and other injuries inflicted
from which he died.
DURING the visit of Jefferson Davis at
Macon, Ga, recently, the ladies Of the city
rendered a reception to Mrs. Davis and her
two daughters, Mrs. Hays and Miss Winnie
Davis. The citizens presented Mrs. Davis
| with silver soup tureen and the officers Of
the fair presented Mrs. Hays with dia-
mond brooch. At night a german was
given to Miss Winnie Davis and she was
| presented with diamond ornament.
The municipal elections at Baltimore.
Nd, occurred on the 18th, resulting in the
election of Latrobe, Democrat, for mayor
| by "a, $40 votes against 80, 435 for Bartlett.
Republican. The campaign preceding the
Council stands IL Democrats to Republic
ans in the first branch and to3 respective
| ly in the second.
The Southern Forestry Congress met in
Huntsville, Ala, on the a6tb, with delegates
from Kentucky, Georgia, Florida and Ala
bama present. Resolutions for arbor days
| aud protection of the forests were passed.
The assistant manager Of the Rocking
Chair ranch in Collingsworth County,
Texas, denies that notice has been given to
settlers to leave the ranch.
]. E. SIXTH, the express messenger who
recently killed two train robbers near Ell
Paso, Tex, has been paid 2,0O by order
of Governor Ross as a reward for his act.
He will probably get 5000 more from the
express company and $l.OO0 from the rail-
| road company, making total Of IS 0OO.
GENERAL.
MENzIL MARK, one of General Boulanger's
spies, is reported to have stolen from the
commander Of the garrison at Przemyol, in
Austrian-G alicia, the plans OF three forts
and fed with them to Russia.
ADvIcEs from Wady Halfa say that 800
dervishes attacked the town recently but
were repulsed and pursued and many
killed. Four OF the Egyptians were killed.
GEORGE W. ATHERTON, Of Pennsylvania,
has been elected president and Charles E.
Thorne, of Ohio, secretary OF the National
Agricultural College Association.
PRIVATE advices from Stanley Pool re-
port that Henry II. Stanley has gone 150
miles further up the Aruwhimi and has
sent the steamer Florida back to Stanley
Pool for more supplies and men. The ma
tives showed no disposition to modest the
expedition.
PRINCE VICTOR NAPOLEON has issued a
manifesto in reply to the manifesto issued
by the Count Of Paris some time ago. He